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Wednesday, March 06, 2013

CORRECTION: Florida Memorial University to celebrate its 134th year

Founders’
Day Convocation will feature local bishop, top honors for other community
leaders

MIAMI
GARDENS, FL. – Florida
Memorial University, South Florida’s only historically black university, will
celebrate 134 years of existence Tuesday,
March 12, during its annual Founders’ Day Convocation. The observance will
also mark the university’s relocation 45 years ago from its site in St.
Augustine to Miami.

“This is a time of reverence, remembrance
and rejoicing for an institution that continues to provide a high-quality
education to students who are in pursuit of a college degree,” said Dr. Mary A.
O’Banner, acting president. “Each year, during the Founders’ Day observance, we
pause to pay homage to those visionary founders who saw the need for such an
institution as this.”

Bishop Billy Baskin, founder and
pastor of New Way Fellowship Praise & Worship Center, will be the guest
speaker at the 10 a.m. convocation, which will be held at the university’s
Susie C. Holley Religious Center (directly across from the main gate). Baskin,
a 1971 graduate of FMU, is considered one of Miami-Dade’s “pre-eminent”
religious leaders. He is also known for his heavy involvement with South
Florida’s faith community and his work with the area’s most vulnerable
residents.

“This year’s theme, ‘Moving forward…the Legacy Continues,’ epitomizes
the spirit of our founders,” said Patricia Carter, Founders’ Day co-chair and
director of Church Relations. “From its humble beginnings to its present,
Florida Memorial continues to thrive as a center of opportunity for students.”

The
key supporters and community leaders who represent the historic institution’s
founding principles of character, leadership and service set to receive the
university’s highest honors are:

The Nathan B. Collier Award

William
“Bill” McCormick,President andCEO at Medivance
Billing Service, Inc., and theCEO at 4KUS Consulting Group, Inc., A graduate of Florida Memorial College, he is
the past chairman at MedValue Healthcare Services, LLC, CEO at Cullen Home
Health Pharmacy, Inc.

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